OH MY GOD! IT'S BEEN A YEAR SINCE I UPDATED THIS… MORE ACTUALLY, I'M SOOO SORRY, SO I'LL STOP TALKING, HERE YOU GO:
Usagi bit her lip and twisted a long strand of her golden hair with a thin, slender finger as she walked to school. The picture of a percolating goddess was ruined however when she stuck the hair in her mouth, chewing it with her lips in a childish pout.
Something isn't right, she thought. It had been nagging at her all night long, though she wasn't exactly sure what "it" was. A feeling? A memory? …Perhaps nothing?
Her thoughts drew back towards the previous night when the reincarnation of Clow had explained the situation of her cards and power to her. The way things stood, it seemed no one was at fault. And while, Usagi knew she was entitled to the cards, she couldn't possibly think of taking the cards away from her new friend.
Sakura and Tomoyo…
Maybe it wasn't such a good idea to go to school, she reasoned. She wasn't sure she could face them after last night's revelations. Then again, they didn't know anything and it wouldn't do to miss a day of school, still being in her first week.
Usagi sighed. It seemed her feet had decided for her whether or not to attend school that day, as they had led her to the front gate of her high school. However…
She was early. (She was proud that she had managed not to be late to school yet, because Tomoeda High started a full 30 minutes later than her previous high school had.)
"Maybe I can go back if no one hasn't seen me," Usagi spoke to herself.
"Now why would you want to do that?"
Usagi turned to see Tomoyo behind her, looking as pretty as always with a small smile and bright eyes. Usagi smiled despite herself – Tomoyo tended to have that effect of people.
"School's such a drag, you know?" Usagi stuck her tongue out in a sheepish way.
"Then let's sit outside for a bit," Tomoyo replied, linking arms with the blonde beauty and dragging them to rest under a cherry blossom tree.
Usagi eased up a little bit as the two began to chat about their favorite movies. Usagi talked about how she had once hoped act in glamorous movies while Tomoyo confessed that her previous dream had been to film one.
It was nice, Usagi thought. She hadn't realized she was a bit lonely, even with Hotaru and Luna there with her. She had once been surrounded by friends at school, and it was odd to know so little people. This made her feel all the more guilty about the cards and her role with them. But she needed them. According to Luna, it was for the future of the world…
But perhaps, therein lay the problem. Usagi didn't know if she wanted Crystal Tokyo for the future, though she hardly had the guts to tell this to her guardian.
"Do you have a boyfriend, Usagi-chan?" Tomoyo's voice cut through Usagi's thoughts as she pointed at the heart-shaped engagement ring on Usagi's slender fourth finger.
Usagi looked down at the ring in surprise. She still wore the old thing by habit, though she and Mamoru had come to the mutual agreement to stop seeing each other. Usagi sighed softly – that was the real reason she had to switch schools. After the battle with Galaxia came the realization that maybe Crystal Tokyo wasn't all she had dreamed for. Because the battle had shown her that there would always be wars, she realized that Crystal Tokyo could never be the prefect Utopia that she had envisioned. Now, all Usagi wanted was to maintain the peace and quiet of this life, though even that seemed quite impossible with her vast powers.
"Usagi?"
The blonde was startled by the calling of her name.
"I'm sorry," Tomoyo apologized gently, and continued in response to the look on the blonde's face, "I hope I didn't remind you of bad memories."
"Not at all," Usagi waved the notion off with a flick of her slender hand, a cheerful smile on her face, "It is from my old boyfriend, but we broke up long ago…and we're still friends. That's what counts most, I think."
Usagi then paused for a second.
"Do you have a boyfriend, Tomoyo-chan?" Usagi questioned, "You seem by far pretty enough to get a guy."
Tomoyo laughed lightly, "I haven't even liked anyone since fifth grade, and as you would suspect, it being fifth grade…that was a childhood crush. So, no, I've never had a boyfriend."
Usagie smiled, and was about to say something along the lines of "boys, they may be cute, but who needs them?", when a voice called from a small distance.
"Tomoyo!"
The pair of girls turned around to see the caller, who was running towards them. It was Li Syaoron, looking nothing less than very pissed off.
"Tomoyo, get over here, get away from her!" The boy called to his friend.
Tomoyo shot Usagi a worrisome look, but she did not move away from her. Then, Tomoyo looked back at Syaoran.
"I told her she shouldn't tell him," Tomoyo mumbled, speaking more to herself than to Usagi, "I wanted to explain this to you first, but I had to know…"
Usagi didn't quite understand, but she was sure that all of this had something to do with the cards. Had Tomoyo and Sakura somehow found out about the cards and her personal history with them? But Clow had promised not to tell just yet – they both had agreed things still needed to be sorted out when he'd left last night.
By now, Syaoran had shortened the distance between himself and the girls.
He grabbed Tomoyo's wrist, although being careful to be gentle with her, and pulled her behind him protectively. As he faced Usagi, he shifted to a fighting stance.
"You," he spoke with harsh tones, "Fight me. If I win, you turn them back."
"What?" Usagi responded incredulously, "I don't – I'm afraid I don't understand."
"You understand, perfectly," he sneered. "Now, fight me."
"Syaoran, don't-" Tomoyo began to speak, but she was cut off by her best friend's boyfriend.
"Tomoyo, be quiet and stay out of this. This is dangerous. She is dangerous."
"I'm afraid I'm not the dangerous one," Usagi huffed, "Because I am not going to fight you."
"Yes, you will," Syaoran answered.
In a split second, he had cut the distance between them, his fist centimeters from her face.
"You will, or you'll die," He threatened aggressively.
Usagi grabbed her brooch instinctively, though she had no intention to transform here and now.
Suddenly, a hand grabbed her wrist and she was pulled back in a manner similar to what had happened to Tomoyo only moments earlier. She found herself behind none other than Clow Reed, though somewhere in the back of her mind, she awkwardly acknowledged he liked to be called Hiiragizawa Eriol in this lifetime.
"Syaoran," Eriol spoke slowly, as if he were tired, and that this matter was altogether a annoying, but not serious one.
"Hiiragizawa," Syaoran lashed out angrily, "I should have known you'd have something to do with this, you always do."
"Syaoran," Eriol sighed, "Back down, this is neither the time nor place."
Then, he added teasingly, "Besides, it's very likely that this girl would beat the crap out of you in a real fight. I'm sure you saw what she did to the cards."
"Yes," Syaoran answered, "I did see, which is why this whole thing is happening in the first place. This girl stole Sakura's-"
"'Stole' isn't a very nice word, Syaoran," Eriol cut off the other boy, "I'll tell you what, we'll fight, if you beat me, then you can fight Usagi-san. You have to be stronger than me to beat her anyway."
At this, Syaoran didn't answer with words, but instead offered a kick to his ancestor, who parried off the attack easily enough. The two began exchanging blows.
Taking the opportunity of distraction, Tomoyo ran up to Usagi. She took the blonde's hand in hers and gestured towards a direction of escape.
"Oh, darn both of them. School's starting soon. They're bound to attract attention," Tomoyo muttered to herself, adding the afterthought, "But I suppose, Eriol-kun will have taken care of that already with his magic."
"Tomoyo," Usagi drew the attention the slightly shorter girl back.
"Usagi-chan," Tomoyo smiled one of her assuring smiles, "I'm sorry about this. We're going to go to my house now. There are things I have to explain…"
Looking at my fics, I realized I hadn't updated this in a year. I'm soooo sorry. I really am. IN fact, so sorry I wrote this chapter right now, even though I should be studying for finals. Will you forgive me? I will finish this story, I promise.
I'm sorry if this chapter seems rushed, but it is…I'll edit it later, though, after finals.
And I guess it's greedy to ask for this now, but…reviews please.
